Otar Korkia

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Olympic medal record
Competitor for Soviet Union
Men's Basketball
Summer Olympic Games
Silver	1952 Helsinki	National Team
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold	1947 Czechoslovakia	National Team
Gold	1951 France	National Team
Gold	1953 USSR	National Team
Bronze	1955 Hungary	National Team

Otar Korkia (Georgian: ოთარ ქორქია, Russian: Отар Михайлович Коркия; May 10, 1923 in Kutaisi – March 15, 2005 in Tbilisi) was a Georgian basketball player and coach.

Club career

Korkia trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi.^[1] He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991.

Soviet Union national team

Korkia was a member of the Soviet Union national basketball team, which won the silver medal at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games. He played in seven games.

Coaching career

Korkia was the coach of Dinamo Tbilisi, when the club won the European Champions Cup (Euroleague) in 1962.

References

↑ Boris Khavin (1979). All about Olympic Games. (in Russian) (2nd ed. ed.). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. p. 306.

External links

Databaseolympics.com Profile

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1947 – Gold medal

3 Ushakov 4 Kolpakov 5 Butautas 6 Lõssov 7 Alexeev 8 Dzhordzhikiya 9 Konev 10 Korkia 11 Kullam 12 Kulakauskas 13 Moiseev 14 Lagunavičius 15 Petkevičius 16 Tarasov Coach: Spandarian

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1951 – Gold medal

3 Vlasov 4 Kolpakov 5 Nikitin 6 Lõssov 7 Kruus 8 Larionov 9 Konev 10 Korkia 11 Kullam 12 13 Moiseev 14 Butautas 15 Belov 19 Lagunavičius Coach: Spandarian

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1953 – Gold medal

3 Vlasov 4 Butautas 5 Silins 6 Alachachian 7 Petkevičius 8 Kruus 9 Konev 10 Korkia 11 Kullam 12 Ozerov 13 Moiseev 14 Lauritėnas 15 Reshetnikov 16 Lagunavičius Coach: Travin

v t e Soviet Union squad – EuroBasket 1955 – Bronze medal

3 Vlasov 4 Reshetnikov 5 Silins 6 Stonkus 7 Petkevičius 8 Bochkaryov 9 Konev 10 Korkia 11 Lauritėnas 12 Ozerov 13 Moiseev 14 Laga 15 Torban 16 Semyonov Coach: Travin

v t e Soviet Union squad – 1952 Summer Olympics – Silver medal

4 Butautas 5 Dzhordzhikiya 6 Konev 7 Korkiya 8 Kruus 9 Kullam 10 Lagunavičius 11 Lõssov 12 Moiseyev 13 Ozerov 14 Petkevičius 15 Stonkus 16 Valdmanis 17 Vlasov Coach: Spandarian

v t e BC Dinamo Tbilisi 1961-62 Euroleague Champions

Ugrekhelidze Minashvili Petrov Lezhava Altabaev Intskirveli Kiladze Khazaradze Moseshvili Gogelia Skhiereli Kasandsan Coach Korkiya

v t e FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)

FIBA Europe	Krešimir Ćosić Dražen Dalipagić Ivo Daneu Mirza Delibašić Vlade Divac Dragan Kićanović Radivoj Korać Toni Kukoč Dražen Petrović Dino Rađa Petar Skansi Zoran Slavnić Alexander Belov Sergei Belov Stepas Butautas Otar Korkiya Šarūnas Marčiulionis Anatoly Myshkin Modestas Paulauskas Arvydas Sabonis Alexander Volkov Viktor Zubkov Wayne Brabender Francisco Buscató Juan Corbalán Juan Antonio San Epifanio Clifford Luyk Fernando Martín Emiliano Rodríguez Pier Marzorati Massimo Masini Dino Meneghin Antonello Riva Stanislav Kropilák Ivan Mrázek Jean-Paul Beugnot Alain Gilles Nikos Galis Georgios Kolokithas Willy Steveniers Atanas Golomeev Ferenc Németh Miki Berkovich

FIBA Americas	Teófilo Cruz Ricardo Duarte Ubiratan Pereira Maciel Wlamir Marques Bob Morse Amaury Pasos Oscar Schmidt

FIBA Oceania	Andrew Gaze

Persondata
Name	Korkia, Otar
Alternative names
Short description	Basketball player and coach
Date of birth	May 10, 1923
Place of birth
Date of death	March 15, 2005
Place of death

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